Extreme Hand and Foot
4+

The Canasta style card game

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Description

Hand and foot is and addictive game similar to Canasta.You are dealt 2 hands (a hand and a foot) and you must play through both!

Play for points, for play to catch out for opponent, its up to you.

Play with your Friends online, or by yourself against the computer opponent.

Extreme Hand and Foot Features : - Basic and Detailed Game Rules- Single Player against a challenging computer opponent.- Online Turn Based Multiplayer via Apple's Game Center- Local multiplayer with no internet connection required.- Extreme game mode, for the more adventurous, with 2 feet and higher score targets!- Elegant simplistic design, with full detailed playing cards.- Card sounds and Animations for the authentic card game experience.- Progress Saved, keep coming back to your game.- Customise the rules, play your way.

What’s New

Version History

6.1

Jan 19, 2019

Just a small update with improvements to the online game interface.- Added Last played time to each active online game.- Online games are now sorted by the last played time.

6.0

Jan 16, 2019

Welcome to version 6.0 a multiplayer update for Extreme Hand and Foot.As of this update, there is a brand new custom multiplayer system written just for Extreme Hand and Foot.

What does this mean?- The main reason is a multiplayer can be tailored exactly for the needs of Hand and Foot, which means more stability and the ability for me to easily add more features.- The ability to trigger a rematch in a game that has ended.- More information in the multiplayer games list.- You no longer need to log into Game Center to player multiplayer games.

*Don’t worry, your existing Game Center games are still playable, however any new games will be created with the new system.

Thanks again for playing!James

5.9.3

Nov 1, 2018

- Forfeiting and removing multiplayer games should now be more reliable.- Added support for the new iPad screen sizes.

5.9.2

Oct 17, 2018

This is a small update but contains a much requested addition : - Melds on the table now auto sort by card number when the card sort button is tapped (can be disable if desired).

Also contains a fix for a rare scenario when putting cards down for the first time :- When putting cards down for the first time in a hand, if a canasta was made and no further cards were put on the table, the game now counts this as "Gone Down".

Thanks for playing and all the feedback, more features and improvements coming soon!

5.9.1

Sep 15, 2018

Thanks for playing Hand and Foot this update includes :- Improved the algorithm that shuffles the deck.- Added support for the new iPhone screen sizes.- Added support to continue your game via Siri Shortcuts.- Performance improvements and smaller app size.*5.9.1 this is a supplemental update to improve some card layouts

5.9

Sep 14, 2018

Thanks for playing Hand and Foot this update includes :- Improved the algorithm that shuffles the deck.- Added support for the new iPhone screen sizes.- Added support to continue your game via Siri Shortcuts.- Performance improvements and smaller app size.

5.8

Aug 22, 2018

Just a small update, to fix some issues with the statistics.Larger update coming soon!

Thanks for playing Hand and Foot

5.7

Aug 12, 2018

Thanks for playing Hand and Foot, this is the first of a couple of updates in the works.- The Game statistics screen has been redesigned and the statistics will now sync between devices.- Improved the Settings menu interfaces to make them more consistent with the rest of the game.Thanks for Playing!

5.6

Jun 23, 2018

- Navigating the menu's and into the game is now much faster.- Increased the size and boldness of fonts.

Thanks for playing Hand and Foot.

5.5

Jun 1, 2018

- The challenge AI gameplay has been improved- The performance of the ingame menus has been improved.

5.4

Mar 13, 2018

This is a bug fix update.Thanks everyone for playing and for your great feedback.

5.3

Dec 16, 2017

Performance Improvements.

5.2

Nov 20, 2017

When a multiplayer game is ended, the other player should now be properly notified before the game ends.Thanks for playing Hand and Foot!

5.1

Oct 3, 2017

Bluetooth multiplayer connection is now much more reliable and should no longer disconnect in the middle of hands.

5.0

Sep 18, 2017

New Features :- The "High Score" Computer Player will now strive for even higher scores.- The Hand Summary and Score Summary Screens have a brand new easier to read layout.- The End Game screen has a brand new layout.- The Options screen has changed to an options menu which is easier to navigate - The badge for Black Canasta's is now easier to see for your opponant.- Tapping on the opponants hand will now tell you how many cards in their hand.- There is now an about the app view, with the ability to Contact me!

Fixes :- The computer will no longer add wild cards to Sambas.- A wild card can no longer be pickup up from the discard pile with a pair of wild cards.- The End Game screen will now show the correct name for your opponant in multiplayer.- You can no longer repurpose cards that you added to melds to pickup your foot.

4.9

Jun 6, 2017

- Increased font size for score and summary screens on iPad.- Fixed a bug in which occasionally on completing a red meld it would turn black.Thanks for playing Hand and Foot!

4.8

Apr 3, 2017

- Cards added to existing canastas now count towards the 3 cards needed to be added to melds when picking up from the discard pile.

4.7

Feb 28, 2017

Bug fixes.- Red threes picked up from the discard pile will now be handled straight after being picked up.- When loading a multiplayer game when it is not your turn, the cards will display the current turn state.- When sending a multiplayer turn fails the message will be more descriptive.

Thanks for Playing hand and foot.

4.6

Feb 6, 2017

- Cards will no longer occasionally rearrange by themselves.- If you have the add to existing setting set to always, you can now go straight onto your foot by adding you last card to an existing canasta.- Fixed a bug which would allow going straight onto a foot with invalid melds on the table.

4.5

Jan 26, 2017

*New Features*- When starting a game against the computer you can now choose the style in which you want the computer to play. The existing style which is "Challenge" and the new style "High Score" for players that like longer hands there go for big scores.- You can now play Local Multiplayer, as long as your 2 devices are in the same room you can play fast multiplayer hand and foot with no required internet access. Your games are automatically saved so you can pickup where you left off.- On the in game score menu, you now have access to your multiplayer games for fast switching between them.

*Bug Fixes*- Adding a wild card to create a black canasta to go out will now work correctly- More performance improvements and bug fixes.

4.2

Jan 24, 2017

- Points of cards in canastas are now taken into account for the points needed to go down.- Cards will now be sorted after loading or receiving a multiplayer turn.- Improved game performance.- Added Today's top 5 hand scores (Game Center players only) on the bottom of the main screen.

4.1

Jan 20, 2017

Bug fixes :- Black threes can no longer be used to start sambas- If you were unable to discard due to cards on existing canastas, removing the cards will now let you discard.- Fixed adding cards to meld sometimes being denied.- Added a setting to choose either 2 or 3 wilds to be allowed in melds.- Fixed the display of the update notification

Welcome to version 4.0 one of the biggest updates ever for Extreme Hand and Foot.

I have been listening to all of your great feedback and taken it all into account with this update.While not much would seem to have changed on the surface, the entire backend has been rewritten.

What does this mean?- Much more stable gameplay, far less crashes and bugs.- A much more challenging Computer player that is easily changeable and updatable.- Multiplayer matches should be much more stable.

* Unfortunately due to the massive changes you can only play against other players with version 4.0 your old multiplayer games will be forfeited. I apologise for this inconvenience but it was necessary for the update *

- It is also much easier to add new features and coming soon is local multiplayer over bluetooth!

Thanks again for playing!James

4.0

Jan 18, 2017

Welcome to version 4.0 one of the biggest updates ever for Extreme Hand and Foot.

I have been listening to all of your great feedback and taken it all into account with this update.While not much would seem to have changed on the surface, the entire backend has been rewritten.

What does this mean?- Much more stable gameplay, far less crashes and bugs.- A much more challenging Computer player that is easily changeable and updatable.- Multiplayer matches should be much more stable.

* Unfortunately due to the massive changes you can only play against other players with version 4.0 your old multiplayer games will be forfeited. I apologise for this inconvenience but it was necessary for the update *

- It is also much easier to add new features and coming soon is local multiplayer over bluetooth!

Thanks again for playing!James

3.7

Oct 6, 2016

- Red threes now deal out an extra card when received.- Fixed bugs that occurred when dealing out feet.

3.6

Just a small update with improvements to the online game interface.- Added Last played time to each active online game.- Online games are now sorted by the last played time.

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5

1.7K Ratings

1.7K Ratings

GNE
,09/02/2018

Annoying fatal flaw

I love this game. And I generally love this app. But there is a bug in the start meld that is frustrating and fatal to continuing a game. If a player lays down a black/red canasta during the initial meld of say 90 points against a 120 point requirement, the cards form a book. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. Then to satisfy the 120 points the player lays down two cards and a wild card the app says it’s an invalid meld because it doesn’t have 3 like cards. Since the book is already on the table and can’t be recovered, the player is stuck. The only way out is to start a new game. A work-around is to not form a book during the initial meld unless you have 3 like cards to build your next canasta. In other words the game forgets that you’ve already fulfilled the 3 like cards with a wild card requirement of the initial meld.

Developer Response
,09/03/2018

Hi,Thanks for your detailed feedback, I am glad you enjoy the game. I will investigate and fix this bug for the next update.ThanksJames

GNE
,09/02/2018

Annoying fatal flaw

I love this game. And I generally love this app. But there is a bug in the start meld that is frustrating and fatal to continuing a game. If a player lays down a black/red canasta during the initial meld of say 90 points against a 120 point requirement, the cards form a book. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. Then to satisfy the 120 points the player lays down two cards and a wild card the app says it’s an invalid meld because it doesn’t have 3 like cards. Since the book is already on the table and can’t be recovered, the player is stuck. The only way out is to start a new game. A work-around is to not form a book during the initial meld unless you have 3 like cards to build your next canasta. In other words the game forgets that you’ve already fulfilled the 3 like cards with a wild card requirement of the initial meld.

Developer Response
,09/03/2018

Hi,Thanks for your detailed feedback, I am glad you enjoy the game. I will investigate and fix this bug for the next update.ThanksJames

Brogans424
,07/20/2017

Great game- except for glitches

Great game, minus a few glitches....

1- The rules state that you can have 2 wild cards in a canasta. (3 if you turn on that option) I had one already on the table with only one wild card. It would not let me add one more if the wild card was at the bottom. This glitch has cost us times to go out. Or having to make a "dirty" book out of a "clean" book in order to get the wild cards played. (Basically, not letting you put one wild card on top of another)

2- you can not see an opponents black book on their screen. (The green screen background) There's not enough contrast.

3- A glitch that would hide a card drawn from the draw pile in my hand behind the other cards in my hand. To correct and keep playing, I would have to "pretend" to play cards in my hand by putting them up on the table until I could see the hidden card and then click on the hidden card so it would go into my hand properly. Then I could bring the cards placed on the table back into my hand.

One thing we'd like to see is the ability to play more than two people via wifi or Bluetooth on a local game.

We have sent an email to you and hope to see the glitches fixed soon.

Other than that, we really enjoy your game.

Brogans424
,07/20/2017

Great game- except for glitches

Great game, minus a few glitches....

1- The rules state that you can have 2 wild cards in a canasta. (3 if you turn on that option) I had one already on the table with only one wild card. It would not let me add one more if the wild card was at the bottom. This glitch has cost us times to go out. Or having to make a "dirty" book out of a "clean" book in order to get the wild cards played. (Basically, not letting you put one wild card on top of another)

2- you can not see an opponents black book on their screen. (The green screen background) There's not enough contrast.

3- A glitch that would hide a card drawn from the draw pile in my hand behind the other cards in my hand. To correct and keep playing, I would have to "pretend" to play cards in my hand by putting them up on the table until I could see the hidden card and then click on the hidden card so it would go into my hand properly. Then I could bring the cards placed on the table back into my hand.

One thing we'd like to see is the ability to play more than two people via wifi or Bluetooth on a local game.

We have sent an email to you and hope to see the glitches fixed soon.

Other than that, we really enjoy your game.

Kmf05f
,04/20/2018

It’s not great for one you have to pay for!

I had been using a free Hand and Foot game that always worked great, but apparently has not been updated to work with the updated iOS versions, so I forced to find another one. This one you have to pay for and the calibration is terrible. It rarely clicks on the correct card I am trying to choose when organizing or selecting a card to discard. I never had that issue with the other app, so there is no reason this one should, especially because they charge for it. I really hope they fix that. It also almost never lets me choose to pick up a discarded card, even if I have enough to lay down my meld etc. It’s very frustrating because if you pay for an app, it better work pretty well or at least as well as the free version.

Kmf05f
,04/20/2018

It’s not great for one you have to pay for!

I had been using a free Hand and Foot game that always worked great, but apparently has not been updated to work with the updated iOS versions, so I forced to find another one. This one you have to pay for and the calibration is terrible. It rarely clicks on the correct card I am trying to choose when organizing or selecting a card to discard. I never had that issue with the other app, so there is no reason this one should, especially because they charge for it. I really hope they fix that. It also almost never lets me choose to pick up a discarded card, even if I have enough to lay down my meld etc. It’s very frustrating because if you pay for an app, it better work pretty well or at least as well as the free version.